James graduated from California State University, Long Beach, with a B.A. in Political Science (Law and Public Policy) and a minor in Legal Studies, and is a member of the national political science honor society Pi Sigma Alpha.
He later earned an M.S. in International Business Negotiation and Geopolitics from Rennes School of Business in France, where he focused on geo-economics, political risk, and strategic analysis, and completed his thesis work on international copyright law and AI-generated creative works.
Before turning to political analysis full-time, James spent eight years as a product manager in Los Angeles and served as a judicial intern at the Los Angeles County Superior Court, drafting research memos on constitutional and statutory cases before the court.
He brings a background in open-source intelligence, country risk analysis, and U.S. policy and law to prediction markets.
